Chef's Blade

Not that long ago, the 200 mph moving billboards of NASCAR summed up the bulk of the beer choices around east central Alabama. Today's selection, however, has beer lovers and their taste buds going around in circles. From walls of taps that pour from amber to opaque, to shelves and catalogs filled with various suds, today's choices are the fruits of ...

Dan Kotara's 35 years grinding meat into hamburger ended last year after a single positive test for a potentially deadly strain of E. coli. Unable to market thousands of pounds of meat, he rented a trash bin and doused the meat in black ink to render it unusable. His loss: an estimated $25,000. After that August test, Kotara decided he could ...

John Pilkington's boss wouldn't take no for an answer. During more than two years as a food runner at an upscale steakhouse in Scottsdale, Arizona, Pilkington says his male supervisor groped, fondled and otherwise sexually harassed him more than a dozen times. "It was very embarrassing," Pilkington said. "I felt like I had to do something because the situation was just ...

NEW YORK--A judge says New York City can keep the "Tavern on the Green" name for the famed restaurant building in Central Park that's been forced to close because of financial problems. U.S. District Judge Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum on Wednesday settled the biggest question in a legal dispute between the city and the longtime operators of the landmark eatery. The restaurant ...

At a time when the sluggish economy has nearly brought Dallas restaurant openings to a halt, plugged-in food lovers looking for kicks have their sights set on Oak Cliff. There, in a former taqueria on Sylvan Avenue, served on plates donated by the Salvation Army, they're starting to find what promises to be some of the most exciting cooking in the ...